Francesco Bagnaia
Italian MotoGP champion for Ducati Lenovo Team.
Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia (born 14 January 1997) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in MotoGP for the Ducati Lenovo Team. He is the 2022 and 2023 MotoGP World Riders' Champion.
Quick Facts
- Nationality
- Italian (born Pesaro, 1997)
- Team
- Ducati Lenovo Team (Ducati factory)
- Motogp debut
- 2019
- World championships
- 2022, 2023 (consecutive)
- Rider number
- 63
- Nickname
- Pecco
Lore & Background
Bagnaia was the 2018 Moto2 World Champion. He is the first and only rider from Valentino Rossi's VR46 Riders Academy to win a world title in the premier class. His 2022 title was also the first Ducati rider World Championship in 15 years and the first for an Italian rider since Rossi in 2009.
Reader's Guide
Bagnaia made his Grand Prix debut in the 2013 Moto3 World Championship. After four seasons in Moto3, he moved up to Moto2 in 2017. He was promoted to MotoGP for the 2019 season with Pramac Racing, not the Ducati Lenovo Team. He joined the factory Ducati Lenovo Team in 2021.
Did You Know?
- Bagnaia won the European MiniGP championship in 2009.
- He scored his first Moto3 win at Assen in 2016, which was also the first win for Mahindra.
- Bagnaia finished every Moto2 race he entered, 36 in total, and scored points in 34 of them.
- He was crowned Moto2 Rookie of the Year in 2017.
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